Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has shared the viewpoints of cattle farmers from across the country on having a “Big Beautiful Farm Bill.”
“Across the nation, farming and ranching families are thinking about how their cattle operation stays in business for future generations. Legislation that reduces the Death Tax, cuts taxes across the board, and helps farmers and ranchers keep more of their hard-earned money is how we keep America’s agricultural legacy going strong for future generations,” said NCBA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane. “Cattle producers’ message to Congress is simple: pass the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’”
Michael Hunt is a fifth-generation farmer in Wisconsin raising cattle where his family has been for over 150 years. Hunt runs the farm alongside his wife and children, with hopes that his kids will be the farm’s sixth-generation operators one day.
“The single biggest threat to family farm operations in the United States right now is the estate tax limitations. There’s no possible way with the rising real estate values that are occurring in rural America, for production agriculture to shoulder the cost burden of estate tax when the first generation passes on.”
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